Comments on: What if fearmongering was a crime? http://www.trouble.net.au/blog/thorin/2008/09/02/what-if-fearmongering-was-a-crime/ Just another trouble.net.au blogs weblog Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Heffa http://www.trouble.net.au/blog/thorin/2008/09/02/what-if-fearmongering-was-a-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Heffa Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:34:21 +0000 https://www.trouble.net.au/blog/thorin/2008/09/02/what-if-fearmongering-was-a-crime/#comment-208 Probably the main reason it doesn't happen is that most fear mongering is generated, and is beneficial to, the governments or government supports. False advertising in made illegal by the government bodies to prevent one company having an ethically unfair advantage. A government body is going to prevent itself or one of its support enterprises from having an unfair advantage? Also, most of the fear mongering is started by the media, and laws of free speech and media distribution mean so long as you dont definitvly lie you can put any spin onto information you want. Again, major media giant support governments. Maybe the better question would be why we cant shine brighter lights on the links between major corporations and political representatives. Probably the main reason it doesn’t happen is that most fear mongering is generated, and is beneficial to, the governments or government supports. False advertising in made illegal by the government bodies to prevent one company having an ethically unfair advantage. A government body is going to prevent itself or one of its support enterprises from having an unfair advantage?

Also, most of the fear mongering is started by the media, and laws of free speech and media distribution mean so long as you dont definitvly lie you can put any spin onto information you want. Again, major media giant support governments.

Maybe the better question would be why we cant shine brighter lights on the links between major corporations and political representatives.

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